When you join us at Tonkin, you become part of a team who thrive on delivering exceptional outcomes that put people and our community first.

Founded in 1955, Tonkin is on a strong, sustained growth journey, with a creative and progressive national team working at nine offices across Australia. Proudly employee-owned, we provide imaginative and dependable engineering to our clients in the public and private sectors. With expertise that is characterised by diversity and industry excellence, Tonkin prides itself on being a national leader in the Water industry.

Our growing pipeline of large-scale, high-profile, and complex projects means we are looking for the best people to join us as we realise our vision to be Australia’s infrastructure consultant of choice.

About the Role:

Tonkin is now seeking suitably experienced candidates to join our Water team and apply their skills in the design and detailing of all aspects of our infrastructure projects. You will be joining a close-knit team that prides itself on professional, technical and collaborative excellence, while supporting Tonkin’s multidisciplinary approach that ensures our clients receive the best solutions.

Reporting to the Water Team Lead, the primary purpose of the Water Engineer is to ensure the successful delivery of water supply and wastewater projects through provision of specialist technical expertise, project management and client relationships. The Water Engineer will enable safe, secure and sustainable water supply and sewage services for communities across metropolitan and regional Australia through the successful contribution of specialist technical expertise in our National Water Program.

About you

Together with your exemplary teamwork, stakeholder management, written and verbal communication skills; to be successful in this role you will ideally possess some or all the following:

• Degree qualification in Civil Engineering or equivalent.
• 3+ years of experience in water and wastewater projects.
• Strong working knowledge of current statutory requirements, engineering and contract standards.
• Working towards obtaining the Chartered Engineering (CPEng) Status (desirable).
• Strong team player.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficient in MS Office programs – Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

The position represents opportunity for someone who is keen to grow their expertise and develop their career even further in a leading consultancy firm. This is the ideal position for someone who is driven to master their craft, is committed to providing quality design solutions, and is excited about joining a high performing team who are recognised for technical excellence, finding creative and progressive ways to deliver value for our clients.

Job location

This role is based at Tonkin's state-of-the-art head office in Adelaide's CBD. Flexible/work-from-home arrangements may also be possible.

The Tonkin difference

We know people perform at their best when they enjoy coming to work.

At Tonkin we offer you the opportunity to work with leading industry experts in a genuinely supportive and caring environment. We provide flexibility because we know work-life balance is key. Our high-performing teams are underpinned by trust; empowering you to build your skills, progress your career quickly and work the way that is best for you.

Good people. Challenging projects. Caring environment. That’s Tonkin.

Take your career to the next level and click Apply Now to join Tonkin!

For further information about Tonkin and to view our other vacancies, please visit: https://tonkin.com.au/current-opportunities.

Tonkin will only consider applications submitted directly by candidates. We will not accept or consider any applications from recruiters or recruitment agencies for this position unless requested.